(March 1971)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except December, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-12-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Verpoorten
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Even the F.F. are powerless against the Nega-Man!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Nega-Man
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Revell Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Monstrous Mystery of the Nega-Man! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited) (see notes); John Buscema (credited as J. Buscema) (see notes); John Romita (credited as J. Romita) (see notes)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number
520-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reed! Your viewscreen shows Janus -- plunging into the Negative Zone!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (also in flashback); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (also in flashback); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (also in flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (also in flashback)
Annihilus (cameo); Nega-Man (also in flashback, origin, villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Jack Kirby art appears on page 1 (inset panel); pgs 2-6; pg 7 (panels 1-3 and 6); pg 8 (panels 2,3 and 6); pg 9 (panel 1); pg 10; pg 11 (panels 1-4); pg 12 (panel 2); pgs 13-14; pg 15(panels 1-5); pg 16 (panels 3-6); pg 17 (panels 1-6 and 8).

John Buscema art appears on pg 1 (splash); pg 7 (panels 4,5,7); pg 8 (panels 1,4,5); pg 9 (panels 2-5); pg 11 (panels 5-6); pg 12 (panel 1); pg 15 (panel 6); pg 16 (panels 1-2); pg 17 (panel 7); pgs 18-20.

John Romita redrew the figures of Ben Grimm on pg 11; panels 5-6 and pg 12; panel 1, along with possibly a few other minor alterations throughout. Info per Nick Caputo, March 2015.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Marvelmania / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Monster Fan Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Estes Industries, Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Centre Coin Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Precise Publications Book & Dummy / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Shop by Mail; Stamps (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Various Single Panel Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Mail Sack Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustration)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, I read an interesting quote recently.
Characters
The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Crystal
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jim Elston, Steve Smith, Jason Aronowitz, Harri Coloni, and Dave Manners; includes a panel from issue #102 and “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Kull; Creatures on the Loose / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Even the F.F. are powerless against the Nega-Man!"]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. ["Introducing Deal's Wheels, the most far-out model series yet."]
    Revell Models
  3. 2. The Monstrous Mystery of the Nega-Man!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["400 crazy labels"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. ["Start your collection!! Marvel artists self-portraits!"]
    Marvelmania
  7. 6. ["Join now! America's only monster fan club"]
    Monster Fan Club
  8. 7. ["Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes."]
    Estes Industries, Inc.
  9. 8. ["Spending money and prizes get both sell Grit 'America’s greatest family newspaper'"]
    Grit Newspaper
  10. 9. ["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin Co.
  11. 10. ["Now revealed — the “2 Hour” method to super speed karate"]
    Precise Publications Book & Dummy
  12. 11. Shop by Mail; Stamps
  13. 12. Shop by Mail
  14. 13. ["Cerebral comments and cogent critiques, capriciously created with care and candor!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  16. 15. [Various Single Panel Advertisements]
    Mail Sack Inc.
  17. 16. ["Dear Stan, I read an interesting quote recently."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  18. 17. ["Before there was Conan - - there was - - King Kull!"]
    Kull; Creatures on the Loose
  19. 18. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  20. 19. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  21. 20. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
    Famous Artists Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore